This year 14 of our MFA students and our two undergraduate interns will be showing their work in an exhibition titled "CONFLUENCE" at Artists Image Resource. This will be a really dynamic show that will feature the some of the best of what the WVU School of Art and Design Graduate Program has to offer.... Continue Reading →

This semester, WVU Advanced Printmaking students participated in an international portfolio exchange with printmaking students from Zayed University in Dubai. Professor of Art Joshua Watts and I created the foundation for this portfolio at the 2012 SGC International conference in New Orleans. Almost exactly one year later, we couldn't be happier with the results. (Joshua's... Continue Reading →

On Tuesday, Oct. 09th, the world famous Mark Brickey (of Hero Design Studio in Buffalo) and Billy Baumann (of Delicious Design League in Chicago) "stopped by" our Advanced Printmaking class to record an episode of their very successful podcast "Adventures in Design". Mark and Billy were with us digitally, and recorded what will be Episode... Continue Reading →

It’s the start of a new semester, which means it’s time to get the new interns ready for their time at AIR. Last Friday, we headed up to Pittsburgh for the official start of the internship. The WVU Printmaking Program has been providing internships at Artists Image Resource since 2004. Our students are given the... Continue Reading →

This week was our annual WVU BFA Exhibition opening reception in the Mesaros Galleries at the Creative Arts Center. This year we had nine printmaking majors graduate: Brittany Ferguson, Brendan Sellaro, John-Mike Barone, Kayla Dolby, Logan Jones, Hayli McKinstry, Erin Crouse, Jarrod Ott, and Glenn Hess. It is a really nice show, with the printmakers... Continue Reading →

Friday April 6th saw the closing reception for "Blowfish", an exhibition from the three 2011 WVU/AIR interns Brittany Ferguson, Kayla Dolby, and Brendan Sellaro. It was a great night and a good turnout! Really good live music from a Morgantown band called Bonfire, and local hotdogs from the "FRANKTUARY". Brittany Ferguson. Her work is really... Continue Reading →

This year's WVU/Artists Image Resource interns; Brendan Sellaro, Brittany Ferguson, and Kayla Dolby will be showing their work in an exhibition titled "Blowfish" at Artists Image Resource. The show will go up on March 26th and there will be a closing reception on April 6th from 6-9pm. This is the second time that WVU/AIR interns... Continue Reading →

I'm back from another SGC International Conference, and it was a total success. My presentation was the first panel on the first day of the conference, and I thought it went really well. There was a full house, and people sitting on the floor! Andrew Kozlowski did a great job introducing the topic, Daniel Maw... Continue Reading →

On March 2nd, WVU Printmaking students held a semi-annual print sale. Proceeds from the sale will be used to help these students pay for travel to the 2012 SGC International Conference in New Orleans. I am glad to say that the sale was a huge success! There was a steady stream of people, the local... Continue Reading →